West Germany Promotional Tournament

 Promotional tournament – 2 groups of 5 teams, playing mini-championship and each group winner promoted to Bundesliga. 

Group 1
Arminia (Bielefeld) - 1st and promoted to Bundesliga.
Karslruher SC – 2nd.
SV Alsenborn – 3rd.
Tennis Borussia – 4th.
VfL Osnabruck – 5th.
Group 2
Kickers Offenbach – 1st.
VfL Bochum – 2nd.
Hertha 03 Zehlendorf – 3rd.
VfL Wolfsburg – 4th.
FK Pirmasens – 5th.
Thus Kickers (Offenbach), champions of Regionalliga Sud, and Arminia (Bielefeld), second in Regionalliga West earned promotion to Bundesliga. For Kickers there was even bigger success in store this year.